BI Application Developer III

Position Title: BI Application Developer II

Department: Information Technology

Grade Level: 15

Work Location: Las Vegas, NV

Shift: Day / Swing / Grave / On-call

The BI Application Developer II is an experienced Data Warehousing professional that will work in a team environment building business intelligence applications. The ideal candidate has three or more years of experience in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence to accompany their education, sound decision making and a drive to learn and succeed. The BI Application Developer II will deliver analytical applications to the organization that include ETL, Data Marts, Data Cubes (OLAP), standard reports and other analytical applications as required.

The candidate will assist in assessing Data Architecture for future evolution and change and assess business needs, recommending new Visualization and Analytic tools as required.

Development:
Data Models, ETL and OLAP Cubes – Design and Deploy Dimensional Data Models. Create Integration Services packages, scripts and other elements to move data from source systems into the data warehouse. The BI Application Developer II will also utilize data transformation steps to cleanse, aggregate and summarize data to create star schemas consisting of fact and dimension tables.

Report Development – Work in collaboration with the organization to understand business issues, identify new valuable areas of analysis and develop reports that analyze data warehouse information to support effective rapid decision making. Assist in developing and deploying reports using various tools including SSRS, Excel and Sharepoint.

Ad-Hoc Reporting Environment Support – Deploy and maintain reporting models using Visual Studio and SQL Server Reporting Services that the business community can leverage for self-service analysis. Publish and maintain necessary metadata (data dictionary, etc.) to support the self-service reporting environment. Conduct informal training sessions that foster a solid understanding within the business community of both the ad-hoc reporting models and reports published through the reporting dashboard.

Production Processing Support – Provide support and troubleshoot issues as needed for the automated ETL data processing environment. Assess the growing and evolving environment for improvement and work with the BI team to enhance process logic.

• Three or more years’ experience building Data Warehouse and Business intelligence solutions.
• Experience working with SQL queries and data processes.
• Experience with SQL Server 2012 or later. Demonstrable experience using Microsoft Business Intelligence technologies: SSAS, SSIS, SSRS or similar technologies.
• Experience with Microsoft Sharepoint is a plus.
• Working knowledge with SQL Server and SQL syntax.
• Ability to work directly in a team environment with a business group to translate business requirements into reporting solutions.
• Keen interest in understanding business issues through detailed information analysis.
• Ability to comprehend index design and SQL statement optimization techniques.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment on complex problems.
• Must be able to analyze and understand business needs and requirements in order to translate to system specifications and deliverable solutions.
• Should be able to effectively identify test scenarios in order to assist with systems and user testing.
• Ability to troubleshoot both Code and Data quality issues.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Strong work ethic and organized work habits.
• Ability to interface well with business end-users and vendors.
• Foster company success through a professional appearance, being courteous to customers…